8:04 PM ET Despite Alabama’s recent mastery of Georgia, Alabama players downplayed Wednesday any role the Crimson Tide’s dominance in the series might play Monday night in their College Football Playoff national championship game matchup. A month ago, Alabama beat then No. 1-ranked Georgia convincingly, 41-24, in the SEC championship game, and the Crimson Tide
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4:38 PM ET Texas A&M is hiring Ole Miss defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin for the same role, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Durkin, who spent the past two seasons at Ole Miss, oversaw a defense that improved significantly in 2021, helping the Rebels to a top-10 ranking and a Sugar Bowl appearance. He
4:43 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former Syracuse coach and Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Greg Robinson died Wednesday, his son Dominic told Syracuse.com. Robinson was 70. He died from a form of Alzheimer’s Disease, his son told Syracuse.com. Robinson helped the Broncos win two Super Bowl titles as their defensive coordinator during the 1997 and 1998
2:53 PM ET Georgia linebacker Nolan Smith isn’t afraid to say what he did after Alabama handed the Bulldogs their first loss of the season, a 41-24 defeat in the SEC championship in Atlanta on Dec. 4. “Want the honest to God truth? I cried,” Smith said Wednesday. “I’m 20 now. I’ve been playing football
2:09 PM ET Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, the projected No. 1 selection in the 2022 NFL draft, announced Wednesday that he will be leaving the Wolverines program to turn pro. Hutchinson was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2021, becoming the third defensive player to finish second in the history of the award. He was
11:36 AM ET Wake Forest has hired Purdue’s Brad Lambert, the former Charlotte head coach, as defensive coordinator. Lambert returns to Wake Forest, where he served as an assistant from 2001 to 2010, spending the final three seasons as Demon Deacons’ defensive coordinator. He then became the first head coach at Charlotte, which began competing
12:30 PM ET Duke has hired Memphis offensive coordinator Kevin Johns for the same role under new coach Mike Elko, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. Johns, 46, spent the past three seasons as Memphis’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He made previous offensive coordinator stops at Western Michigan, Texas Tech and Indiana, where he
12:15 PM ET Associated Press Ross Browner, a two-time All-American at Notre Dame and one of four brothers who played in the NFL, has died. He was 67. Browner’s son, former NFL offensive lineman Max Starks, posted on Twitter early Wednesday morning that his father had died. “The world has lost a Titan,” Starks said.
7:00 AM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Every day, Marcus Freeman takes a moment to reflect on the opportunity he has to be Notre Dame‘s head coach. Six weeks ago, Freeman’s life forever changed. He spent the afternoon of Nov. 29 recruiting in Michigan as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator. That night, news broke that Fighting
7:00 AM ET When Cincinnati got its shot to take on a heavyweight, facing Alabama in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the Bearcats’ star corners, Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner and Coby Bryant, were eager to prove they could match up against the Tide’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Bryce Young, and wide receiver Jameson Williams, considered the top